On 9/3/10 11:27 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
Recently, Richmond wrote:
If one opens a Unicode font with a font development program what the
user sees are lots and lots of glyphs; what most people don't see are
all sorts of
rules as to how they should behave when the end-user types something
using that
font, possibly also using a text-encoding algorithm built into their
operating system.
Why should we care?
Because, while Windows Vista and '7', and Linux works wonderfully with
Unicode
fonts giving those rules cognisance, Mac OS and Windows XP don't . . .
What do you mean "all sorts of rules as to how they should behave"? Kerning
pairs? Ligatures? Multi-key characters? Something else?
If you're really talking about Mac OS (pre OS X), I wouldn't be surprised.
I am talking about Mac OS X . . .
To illustrate the point you can download a stack which illustrates the
point rather
nicely:
http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/STUFF/Daft_Unicode.zip
the ZIP file contains the Sanskrit2003 font (which you should install on
your system, at least temporarily)
and a stack which uses the font to illustrate the point.
I you have access to a number of machines running a selections of
operating systems you
will see the 'problem' in all its glory.
AFAIK, Unicode was only in its infancy when Mac OS was around, and general
adoption probably took a while. By then, OS X was coming on the scene, so
presumably most/all development efforts were shifted to that OS.
Well, somebody forgot a thing or two about Unicode with Mac OS X, and
the Apple people
probably need a "prod" about that.
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design
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